Transrapid 08
The Transrapid 08 was the first pre-series vehicle. The vehicles that still run in Shanghai today were built on its model.
From prototype to pre-series
The TR08 is the direct ancestor of the Transrapid that has been in regular service in Shanghai since 2003.
With the TR08, the Transrapid went from an experimental vehicle to a pre-series vehicle. The entire vehicle body was redesigned, and the technology is far more advanced than on the TR07.
In 2001 and 2002, three TR08-type vehicles were exported to China for the Shanghai line, the SMT. In 2010, a slightly modified version was rebuilt in China. The 501.5 km/h listed in the key facts was reached by this vehicle type in Shanghai.
Key facts
- Year built
- 1999
- Operation
- 1999–2006
- Company
- ThyssenKrupp Transrapid
- Route
- 31.8 km Transrapid Test Facility Emsland (TVE)
- System
- Synchronous long-stator linear motor
- Air gap
- 10 mm
- Rated speed
- 550 km/h
- Maximum speed reached
- 501.5 km/h (see SMT)
- Vehicle units produced
- 1
- End sections produced
- 2
- Middle sections produced
- 1
- Empty weight
- 149.5 t
- Payload
- 27.9 t
- Seats
- 190
- Standing places
- –
- Length
- 79.2 m
- Width
- 3.7 m
- Height
- 4.2 m
Stored in Lathen
All three sections are in Lathen. They were damaged to varying degrees in the accident at the Transrapid Test Facility Emsland in September 2006.
- End section 1: stored in Lathen (not visible), severely damaged in the accident
- Middle section 1: stored in Lathen (not visible), slightly damaged in the accident
- End section 2: stored in Lathen (visible), slightly damaged in the accident
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